illegal; illicit; unlawful
local governor (Edo period); local magistrate; bailiff; deputy official (middle ages); acting administrator
uprising (esp. in Japan since middle ages, e.g. peasant uprising); revolt; insurrection; putsch; riot
could result in (something undesirable); might end up (doing, happening); run the risk of
life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood
employer's house; master's house
connivance; tacit consent; toleration; acquiescence
to fill one's own pocket by taking advantage of a position
to take by deception; to defraud someone of; to swindle someone out of; to cheat someone out of
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them
imprisonment; incarceration
legal structure; legal system; jurisprudence
citizen; resident; person; user (of a website, esp. as a collective, e.g. Twittersphere)
My goodness!; Good lord!; Holy cow!
arranging beforehand to tell the same story; getting the stories straight; coordinating one's stories
careless; sloppy; faulty; using unreliable sources (in a piece of writing); piece of writing with unreliable sources or many errors
insufficient; inadequate; imperfect
grasping; seizing; holding; commanding; having control over
highest rank; highest position; high-end; highest-order; most-significant (e.g. bit)
to shake; to waver; to tremble
tool; implement; means; furniture
main force; chief object; mainline
sharp parting remark; parting threat
to vomit; to throw up; to emit; to send forth; to give (an opinion); to make (a comment)
on good terms with; on cordial terms with; getting along well with; to make friends with; to be good friends with; to get along with
great storm; very severe weather; upset; surprise result; agitation; upheaval
review; reconsideration; revision
questions and answers; dialogue
(with a) start; fright; alarm
after the end (of something); post-
kernel; core; nucleus; center; centre
to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on
beforehand; in advance; previously